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So You Want to Build a Guitar? Pt. 5

Last month we created our headstock angle and installed our truss rod. This month, we will get the fretboard and headstock veneer glued in place. With set necks or

So You Want to Build a Guitar? Pt. 4

Welcome back to our series on building a guitar. Last month we spent our first day gluing our guitar’s sections together. By the end of the day two, we want

So You Want to Build a Guitar? Pt. 3

I see you’re brave enough to check back in for this month’s edition. Sharpen up those pencils and tools because we’re getting in deep this month. Remember that a

So You Want to Build a Guitar? Pt. 2

Welcome back to our neck thru guitar project. Last month, we discussed using CAD to design, and now we’re ready to start measuring. Our specs are roughly as follows: a

So You Want to Build a Guitar? Pt. 1

The first step to your new axe.

Low Tech Pedal Boards

Gene Baker shows us how to rig up a quick and easy pedalboard

Heavy Metal Shop

When building guitars there are many tools you just can’t find on the market to help organize, maneuver and protect your pieces during construction. If you’re resourceful you’ll find ways to build them or call upon the aid of a friend.

Dry/Wet Amp Rigs

I prefer amps in a dry/wet configuration, allowing amp #1 to be unaffected and amp #2 to get all the effects, with its tone signal generated from amp #1

Case of the Noisy Truss Rod

In comes a set-neck style guitar, the problem being a truss rod doing a bit of rattling

Music Resolutions

2006 brought on the big 40 for me and the birth of the first b3 guitars to send out to the world. 2007 will bring on a new set of challenges as I get married in Feburary